Ondo Hunter Mistakes Palmwine Tapper For An Antelope, Shoots And Kills Him

 A Nigerian hunter identified as Sunday Olubusade has allegedly shot dead a 30-year-old palm wine taper, called Kehinde.

It was gathered that Olubusade shot Kehinde dead after he mistook him for an antelope in Ondo town, Ondo State.

According to reports, the deceased after the day’s work, went to a river to bathe when the hunter shot him, and he died on the spot.

Olubusade told the police when questioned that he was hunting when he saw an antelope and shot at it.

“But later, I saw a man on the floor and I quickly went to the station to report. I don’t know what happened,” the hunter said. 

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Police detectives were invited after the SOS minutes after the incident and his remains were moved to the morgue.

“Immediately, the incident occurred, the police were alerted and our detectives were mobilised to the scene and the corpse was evacuated to the mortuary. The suspect has been transfered to State CID for further investigation”, a police source told Vanguard. 

The spokesperson of the Ondo State Police Command, Funmi Odunlami, while confirming the incident, said that an investigation into the matter was ongoing.